| Acknowledgments | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Robert Penn Warren and All the King's Men | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 Literary Review | 第14-20页 |
| 1.3 Aim and Structure of the Thesis | 第20-21页 |
| 2 Crisis of Political Ethics behind Tragedies | 第21-35页 |
| 2.1 Elements of Political Ethics behind Tragedies | 第21-29页 |
| 2.1.1 Elements of Political Ethics behind Personal Tragedies | 第22-24页 |
| 2.1.2 Elements of Political Ethics behind Familial Tragedies | 第24-29页 |
| 2.2 Crisis of Political Ethics in the South | 第29-35页 |
| 2.2.1 Denial of Civil Rights to Black People | 第29-31页 |
| 2.2.2 Political Dictatorship | 第31-35页 |
| 3 Reasons for the Crisis of Political Ethics | 第35-52页 |
| 3.1 Social Reasons for the Crisis of Political Ethics | 第35-38页 |
| 3.1.1 Shrinkage of Social Moral Code | 第35-37页 |
| 3.1.2 Inadequateness of Laws in the South | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2 Personal Reasons for the Crisis of Political Ethics | 第38-52页 |
| 3.2.1 Degeneration of Personal Moral Consciousness | 第38-40页 |
| 3.2.2 Weakness of Individual's Legal Consciousness | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2.3 Absoluteness of Personal Interests | 第42-49页 |
| 3.2.4 Confusion of Personal Identities | 第49-52页 |
| 4 Views on Political Ethics in All the King's Men | 第52-64页 |
| 4.1 Attitudes towards the Situation of Political Ethics in All the King's Men | 第52-58页 |
| 4.2 Political Ethical Ideals in All the King's Men | 第58-64页 |
| 5 Conclnsion | 第64-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-69页 |
